[whatwg] Error in the play() method's algorithm

[Robert O'Callahan]

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-media-play
Step 3.3 says "Otherwise, the media element's readyState attribute has the
value HAVE_FUTURE_DATA or HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA"...

But this isn't true. It could be HAVE_NOTHING, in fact it will often be
HAVE_NOTHING, because if the network state was NETWORK_EMPTY when play() is
called, then the load() method will have returned with the readyState set to
HAVE_NOTHING.

I suspect the description of play() needs to be updated to account for the
change to make load() asynchronous.

Rob
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